Dumping-wagon



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DUMPING WAGON.

' Patented Jan. 17', 1893.

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' J. M. ROMANS.

DUMPING WAGON.

No. 489,987. Patented Jan. 17, 1893.

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' By Jw/ZZZZMZ ATTORNEY.

ren STATES JUSTUS M. ROMANS, OF WHITE CLOUD, MICHIGAN.

DUMPlNG-WAGON.

$PEGIFICA'1ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 489,987, dated January1'7, 1893.

Application filed April 8, 1892. Serial No. 428,394 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JUsrUs M. ROMANS, a citizen of the United States,residing at White Cloud, in the county of N ewaygo and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDumping-VVagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to improvements in wagons, constructed to dumptheir contents by projecting the rear end of the box beyond the rearaxle, and lowering the rear-end of said box; and its object its toprovide the same with certain new and useful features, hereinafter morefully described and particularly pointed out in the claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings in which;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wagon embodying my device. Fig. 2 alongitudinal vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 3, which figure isan inverted plan view of the said device.

Like letters refer to like parts in all of the figures.

A is the box of the usual construction, which box near its front restsupon the forward bolster B; D, D, are cleats which engage said bolsterat its respective sides, and D D are oppositely inclined blocks whichguide and engage the stakes O in said bolster. The rear end of said boxis supported above the rear bolster B, by rolls G attached to transverseshafts F, which shafts are arranged at each side of, and parallel tosaid bolster, and journaled at their respective ends in bearing blocksE, which are extended downward at each side of said bolster, restingupon and embracing the same, by using two pairs of rolls one at eachside of the bolster, there is less tendency to turn the same above theaxis of the wheels, and strain the reach, and the box can be locatedlower down; said rolls G engage longitudinal tracks I secured to theunder side of the box, and permit the box to traverse freely forward andbackward over the rear axle, to prevent friction against the stakes 0;rolls H are journaled on said stakes, which engage the respective sidesof said box and to keep the box at right angles, to the bolster pinionsO are attached to the rear shaft F which engage racks I, cast integralwith the tracks 1. Parallel links or straps K are attached to the underside of the box which embrace and are traversed by a transverse bar orrod 0 to each end of which is attached a rigid arm J, the opposite endsof which arms are journaled upon the forward shaft F. V is a stop chainor cord extending from said rod to the reach, which prevents said armsfrom turning about said shaft beyond a vertical position.

L is a box or casing surrounding the rear end of the reach M, andthrough which said reach is free to move longitudinally to permit theforward axle to approach the rear axle, and run the box A back over therear bolster, a sufficient distance to balance said box upon the rearrolls G, when, by removing the rear end board and lifting the front ofsaid box from the front bolster, the contents of said box may bedischarged at the rear end. If necessary to raise the front stillfarther by engaging the hook N with the staple N and starting both axlesforward, the rod 0 will engage the forward ends of the straps K the rearend of the box being held by a portion of the load remaining in thesame, and the front end of the box being empty the arms J, will turn toa vertical position on the shaft F and will lift the front of. the boxstill farther. Said reach is divided transversely and hinged at lV M, sothat its rear end may drop down out of the way of the box as it istilted to dump its contents.

X, X, are hook fastenings which secure the box and prevent its movingback over the bolster B when occasion requires.

M is a supplementary reach, that may be used to add strength andstiffness to the structure, this latter also illustrates other means forpermitting the forward axle to approach the rear axle as beforementioned, this reach passes below the forward axle and is connectedthereto by the king bolt B", which passes through and traverses a slotWV in said reach, which permits the forward axle to move back. S, S, arehangers depending from the upper reach, which embraces the lower reach,and T is a roll journaled be tween the said hangers engaging the lowerside of the lower reach M. This lower reach shows also a jointed sectionconsisting of four ICO pairs of rigid bars, each pair marked R and R,two of which'pairs are pivoted side by side to the rigid part M of thereach and extending rearward engage each other, a part of their length,and then curving outward in opposite directions, at their rear ends arepivoted to the forward ends of the other pairs, which extend in likeform backward to a block Q attached to the rear axle to which block theyare pivoted; by curving these sections outward as described the jointsdo not come in line, and when the forward axle is moved backward, themiddle joints will move outward in a horizontal plane and the end jointsapproach each other.

P is a pulley attached to the forward side of the block Q around whichpasses the rope, or chain U, one end of which is fastened to the forwardaxle and the other end of which extends forward through an eye U on thehounds and is provided with a hook U to which the team may be attached.By pulling on this rope the team will be able to move the forward axlebackward, when for any reason it cannot do so by backing up in the usualway.

In drawing a load with this Wagon, should the rear wheels get stalled,the forward wheels may be run back a short distance and then by goingahead the box will move forward on the roll G together with the load,and by the inertia of the same will aid in starting the rearwheels, Ican thus extricate the load that could not otherwise be moved. 1

What I claim is 5- 1. In a wagon in combination with the box, the frontand rear axles and the bolsters thereon; rolls on the rear bolstersupporting the box; cleats on said box engaging the forward bolster, anda reach connecting the said axles and provided with an intermediateportion,consisting of foursections hinged in pairs, to swing'in ahorizontal plane and permit the ends of said reach to approach eachother, substantially as described.

2. In a wagon in combination with the box, the front and rear axles andthe bolsters thereon; and rolls on the rear axles supporting the box andtraversing the under side thereof, and cleats attached to said box andengaging said forward bolster, a box or casing attached to the rearaxle, andareach connected to the forward axle and provided with one ormore joints near its rear end and longitudinally movable in said box orcasing, substantially as described.

3. In a wagon in combination with the box,

the front and rear axles and the bolsters thereon, rolls on the rearaxle supporting the box and traversing the under side thereof, said boxdetachably secured to the forward bolster, a box or casing attached tothe rear axle, a reach connected to the forward axle, and longitudinallymovable in said box or casing, and a supplementary reach, connected atits respective ends to the front and rear axles, and having jointedsection pivoted to swing in a horizontal plane, substantially asdescribed;

4. In a wagon in combination with the box 1 and bolsters, bearing blockson said bolster shafts journaled in said blocks, rolls on said shafts,tracks on said box engaging said rolls, rolls journaled in stakes ateach side of said box and mechanism to longitudinally move said box oversaid bolster, substantially as described.

5. In a wagon the combination of the front and rear axles of a box orcasing attached to the rear axle, a reach attached to the forward axle,said reach having a jointed rear end longitudinally movable in said boxor casing, and a supplementary reach attached to the rear axle at itsrear and having a slot at its forward end, said slot traversed by theking bolt, substantially as described.

6. In a wagon in combination with the box and rear bolster, a shaftjournaled on said bolster, rolls on said shaft traversing said box,links or straps attached to said box and arms pivotally connected attheir respective ends to said shaft and links or straps, and traversingthe latter, and mechanism for moving said box longitudinally upon saidrear bolster, substantially as described.

7. In a wagon in combination with the box, bolsters and axles thereof,rolls on the rear bolster supporting said box, links attached to saidbox, arms pivoted to said bolster and links at their respective ends andtraversing said links, cleats on said box engaging the .forward bolster,a casing attached to the rear axle, a reach longitudinally movabletherein and attached to the forward axle, and a stop chain connectingsaid box and one casing, and a fastening to temporarily secure saidreach from moving in said casing, substantially as described.

8. In a wagon in combination with the box, bolsters, stakes and axlesthereof, a shaft journaled on the rear bolster, rolls on said shaftsupporting said box, rolls on the rear stakes engaging the sides of saidbox, cleats engag ing the forward bolster, and oppositely inclinedblocks engaging the forward stakes, links attached to said box, a rodtraversing said links, arms attached at their respective ends to saidrod and to said shaft, a casing attached to the rear axle, and a reachlongitudinally movable in said casing, and attached to the forward axle,a pulley attached to the rear axle, a rope attached to the forward axle,extending from thence around said pulley and thence forward to the frontof the wagon, and adapted to attach to the team at its forward end,substantially as described.

9. In a wagon, the combination of a box or casing attached to the rearaxle, a reach pivoted to the forward axle at one end and longitudinallymovable in said casing, and a supplementary reach attached to the rearaxle at one end and having a slot near the other end engaging andtraversing the king bolt, substantially as described.

10. In a Wagon the combination of abox or easing attached to the rearaxle, a reach pivoted upon the king bolt near one end and having ajointed portion near the other end, longitudinally movable in saidcasing, and a reach attached to the rear axle at one end, and passingbelow the forward axle at the other end and hangers attached to saidupper reach and a roll jonrnaled between said hangers and supportingsaid lower reach, sub- 10 stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

J USTUS M. ROMANS. Witnesses:

LUTHER V. MOULTON, LOIS MOULTON.

